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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
• This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Serah Daillo." <daillo6@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:04:27 +0000
Subject: Am execpting your response

From:Miss Serah Daillo.
Abidjan-Cote d'Ivoire
West Africa.

Dear Respectfull One,

Compliments of the day.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into a business relationship with you.I got your contact through one of your site member and decided to contact you .I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.I am Miss Serah Daillo,22 years and the only child of late Mr and Mrs.Fernand Daillo. My father was a very wealthy gold and cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates onone of their outing to discuss on a business trip.
When my mother died on the 21st October 1984, my father took me so special because I am motherless. before the death of my father on 29th September 2005 in a private hospital
here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD5.5M(five million five hundred thousand US dollars) left in a suspence
account in a local bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as the next of kin in deposit of the fund.
Healso explained to me that it was because of this wealth , that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose,especially in
the area or real estate management.
Please,I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1) To help me to transfer this fund from the bank here
to your account in your country.
2) To serve as the guardian of this fund.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education .
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund to your norminated account overseas. You made to see the success of this possible transaction. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven ( 7)working days you signify interest to assist me .please reply to my private email so that i can send my photo to you.

Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours truely,
Miss Serah Daillo

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